Modelling the Growth of Tyndall Stars
- đ¤ Speaker: Lacey, A (Heriot-Watt University)
- đ Date & Time: Thursday 19 June 2014, 15:15 - 16:15
- đ Venue: Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute
Abstract
A “liquid snowflake” or “Tyndall star” is a small, thin, star-shaped region of liquid water produced when ice is melted by absorption of light. In the early stages of its growth, the liquid inclusion appears as a small, approximately axially symmetric, lens-like object. We investigate some models, based on having a highly anisotropic kinetic-undercooling condition on the ice/water boundary, to try to understand the morphology of such a “Tyndall shape”.
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Lacey, A (Heriot-Watt University)
Thursday 19 June 2014, 15:15-16:15